“It’s a bootie…what makes that special?” Well my friend recently got a response he did not expect. I went into a detailed description of the exact materials inside our booties. Afterwards I realized I had been spending too much time at the office and on the internet reading about booties…you have no idea the things you will find. Seriously, no idea!
Long story short, we have several different types of booties, all consisting of a similar products that we are proud to put into our Spec Sheets (Link website). However, I feel as though when someone reads the majority of spec sheets, they get zero satisfaction and are just happy that they got in some light reading for the day. NO says I, it is time to understand what you are reading , and be 100% aware of what you are getting…a superior product from your friends at BootieButler (inserts smiley face…I won’t do it).
Our products consist primarily of two raw materials: Polypropylene and Polyethylene, and yes they are two separate words silly. I would like to give you a quick, concise description and definition of both products. The most user-friendly definition I could find was at Wikipedia, yah yah…I get it you don’t like Wikipedia, but I checked their sources and their summary was better than it was written from their sources. So go cry to your freshman English teacher and not me about tertiary sources).
“ Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications including packaging, textiles (e.g., ropes, thermal underwear and carpets), stationery, plastic parts and reusable containers of various types, laboratory equipment, loudspeakers, automotive components, and polymer banknotes. An addition polymer made from the monomer propylene, it is rugged and unusually resistant to many chemical solvents, bases and acids.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polypropylene)
“Polyethylene (PE), is a thermoplastic polymer consisting of long chains produced by combining the ingredient monomer ethylene (IUPAC name ethene), the name comes from the ingredient and not the actual chemical resulting. The ethylene actually converts to ethane as it takes its place in a polymer and straight sections of the polymer are the same structure as the simple chain hydrocarbons, e.g., propane, decane and other straight single-bonded carbon chains. As with any polymer, the structure of the resulting substance defies molecular description due to cross branching of the chains. The scientific name polyethene is systematically derived from the scientific name of the monomer.[2][3] In certain circumstances it is useful to use a structure-based nomenclature; in such cases IUPAC recommends poly(methylene)[3] (poly(methanediyl) is a non-preferred alternative[4][5]). The difference in names between the two systems is due to the opening up of the monomer’s double bond upon polymerization.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene)
…now would you be impressed if I told you all of this resulted in the making of the HULA HOOP! Fantastic…you’re interested again.
A third product used in some of our booties is CPE. CPE is cast polyethylene, which is just a much thicker version of polyethylene.
PP,PE, and CPE are all products of highly advanced materials that we accidently discovered in the heyday of science. That we, and many other industries have taken to make safe, reliable, and more cost effective products for consumers today.
Of course, the booties also contain additives that give them different durability and wear characteristics to meet our customers’ specific needs. But that’s another topic for another post.